“A Ship Wrecked Sailor Boy Telling His Story”

1790-1810

Maker

painter William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828), engraver J. Schmitz (dates unknown)

Measurements

18-3/8 in x 21-1/4 in x 1 in; sight,15-3/4 in x 18-5/8 in

Materials

Colored stipple engraving on paper

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3718

Inscription

“A Ship Wrecked Sailor Boy Telling His Story” is printed on a strip a paper apparently salvaged from the bottom of the print when it was cut down.  The saved paper is in plastic and attached to the back of the frame.

Condition Notes

The print is cut at the margins.  The banner below has been removed, but part of it, bearing the title, is preserved.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

A boy holding a staff talks to a group of two women and two children at the door to a cottage and an elderly woman inside.  A bird cage hangs from a tree in the center of the composition.